25 July 2014

Last week I wrote about my recent talk on open access in which I pointed out that Linux has become the undisputed leader across huge swathes of computing. One area where that's not true is on the desktop, of course, and I fear it's unlikely to change, because of network effects: while there are lots of people using Windows and Office, and swapping data, it will be very hard to get many of them to switch. So that raises an interesting question: given Linux's success, where does it go next?

Last week I wrote
about my recent talk on open access in which I pointed out that Linux
has become the undisputed leader across huge swathes of computing. One
area where that's not true is on the desktop, of course, and I fear it's
unlikely to change, because of network effects: while there are lots of
people using Windows and Office, and swapping data, it will be very
hard to get many of them to switch. So that raises an interesting
question: given Linux's success, where does it go next? - See more at:
http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/12/linuxs-new-game-the-internet-of-things/index.htm#sthash.vHBPWzjv.dpuf

About Me

I have been a technology journalist and consultant for 30 years, covering
the Internet since March 1994, and the free software world since 1995.

One early feature I wrote was for Wired in 1997:
The Greatest OS that (N)ever Was.
My most recent books are Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, and Digital Code of Life: How Bioinformatics is Revolutionizing Science, Medicine and Business.